Pinnacle Testing Solutions Ltd provide a professional Fixed Wire Testing service in Cornwall and the surrounding area.
This is also sometimes known as an EICR (Electrical Installation Condition Report) Periodic Inspection Report or Hard Wire Test, amongst others.
Is Fixed Wire Testing a Legal Requirement?
Fixed Wire Testing is the procedure you have carried out to maintain your electrical installation, so it’s not a legal requirement itself but if you don’t do it you’re not maintaining your electrical installation and are therefore not legally compliant. It’s a little confusing, but the long and short of it is: you need to do it.
You will also need an up to date “Satisfactory” report to comply with the following regulations:
Your buildings insurance will also be invalid without an up to date “Satisfactory” report.
What we do:
Fixed wire testing involves testing the electrical installations within a building to ensure that it is safe. Employers are legally required to comply with a number of workplace safety regulations which are designed to protect the health and safety of employees and the public.
Following a visual appraisal and verification of the whole electrical installation the following test procedures are applied where appropriate, in order to ascertain the safety of the electrical installation:
Continuity – to ascertain that the earthing is continuous throughout the circuit.
Bonding Conductors Continuity – to ensure bonding is in place and effective.
Ring Circuit Continuity – ascertains whether or not the ring is complete.
Insulation Resistance – to test whether there has been any breakdown in insulation to the installation.
Polarity – to check that the installation is correctly wired.
Earth Fault Loop Impedance – to ascertain the Zs of the installation.
Earth Electrode Resistance – applies to TT systems only, to test the earthing rods.
RCD Testing – to check that Residual Current Device disconnects the supply in the event of a fault.
Functional Testing of Isolators and Breakers – to ensure that they disconnect the supply.
On completion of the testing a full NICEIC report will be issued highlighting any remedial work that may be required. We can then offer you a quote for the work required or you are completely free to use whoever you choose to carry this out.
This ensures complete transparency in our testing.
Premises
Time Period
Commercial Premises
5 years
Educational Establishments
5 years
Hospitals
5 years
Industrial Premises
3 years
Cinemas & Theaters
1 year
Churches
5 years
Leisure Complexes
1 year
Places of Public Entertainment
1 year
Agricultural & Horticultural
3 years
Caravan Sites
1 year
Public Houses
5 years